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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 6, 2023 19:36:56 GMT -5
As a kid I wanted him to squash Shawn Michaels. Like... HBK superkick doesn't even phase him, gorilla press, splash, HBK has every bone broken and goes the f*** away. God, that was the most "push this guy, no matter what" push ever. But I don't think Vince wanted to put the belt on him. Oh to have been a fly on the wall during the hypothetical booking meeting where Vince would have to talk either Shawn or Warrior into jobbing for the other...
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Jul 6, 2023 22:39:32 GMT -5
I remember listening to an interview with Gary Hart when the host asked a question from a listener called Wacko Bob. Gary started laughing and said, “Wacko Bob? That’s a great name! Maybe that’s what I should have called the Warrior instead of Dingo Warrior!”
I did it in a game of EWR.
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Post by hentery on Jul 7, 2023 10:50:42 GMT -5
Not really sure why you’d ask us. We are not the booking team of ww(f). If you’re asking if Dave said anything naw not really Maybe because we all come to the conversation with different information, and it's possible that someone else here might have some information that you don't, based on having read/heard something that you didn't. To the OP, it felt like they had the same spot for him as they did for Luger in '94 and Bret in '95, the main event guys who wrestle in the midcard because they aren't part of Vince's vision. We don’t though. Unless you’re an insider you have the exact same info and sources as anyone else. Most websites just re-report each other.
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Post by tafkaga on Jul 7, 2023 11:50:16 GMT -5
Maybe because we all come to the conversation with different information, and it's possible that someone else here might have some information that you don't, based on having read/heard something that you didn't. To the OP, it felt like they had the same spot for him as they did for Luger in '94 and Bret in '95, the main event guys who wrestle in the midcard because they aren't part of Vince's vision. We don’t though. Unless you’re an insider you have the exact same info and sources as anyone else. Most websites just re-report each other. Just because we all have access to the same information doesn't mean we're all aware of the same information. That's why things like books, podcasts, and discussion boards exist, and why we partake of and participate in those things. It's not that complicated.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jul 7, 2023 13:31:12 GMT -5
At the time I loved that he was back. But like, he was just kind of there. Seemed like they didn’t know what to do with him, just another attraction on the show.
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Post by SmashTV on Jul 7, 2023 14:32:48 GMT -5
I always looked at it as a desperation move on Vince’s part to try and get the spotlight on the WWF. The fact that Warrior failed as champion - though not entirely his fault - and no showed several dates in 1992 seemed to slip his mind.
What worked in 1990 didn’t necessarily work in 1996, and Warrior seemed out of place. I think it was a case of ‘Let’s get him, and work the rest out later.’
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Post by Aceorton on Jul 7, 2023 15:13:22 GMT -5
I kind of wonder if, by then, WWE knew he was too unreliable to plan long-term around, but on the other hand, they also really wanted and needed star power. Camp Cornette was probably a safe bet, and would have provided him a stream of villains for a bit. This has to be the case. After his exit in '91 and the headaches of '92, the idea of them having anything penciled in for Warrior beyond a month out seems ludicrous. 1996 was really a year shaped by on-the-fly developments. Warrior's firing, Sid's return as a massively over babyface, Ahmed's injury, Vader's title push being scrapped because of HBK's tantrums and Bret's decision to stay with the WWF instead of taking WCW's offer dramatically altered what the rest of that year would have looked like.
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Post by lucas_lee on Jul 7, 2023 15:21:23 GMT -5
I don't see where he'd fit in. Maybe a heel turn and feuds with Bret and Shawn but I don't see what else he could've done.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Jul 7, 2023 20:33:56 GMT -5
Would’ve been interested to see him in 1997
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Post by johnnyk9 on Jul 7, 2023 20:33:56 GMT -5
Would’ve been interested to see him in 1997
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Post by johnnyk9 on Jul 7, 2023 20:34:06 GMT -5
I would’ve like to see him in 97
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